Stenocereus heptagonus(L.) Mottram

WFO wfo-0001434175 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. a Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-08-07 / obs. 49427737
Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by amantedarmanin
fig. b amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132843747
Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by amantedarmanin
fig. c amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129381700
Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by amantedarmanin
fig. d amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128660584
Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by amantedarmanin
fig. e amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128368734
Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría
fig. f J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122239078
Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by Yolanda M. Leon
fig. g Yolanda M. Leon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 12874532
Stenocereus heptagonus, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. h Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2057759

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Stenocereus heptagonus is native: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico CubaDominican RepublicHaitiJamaicaPuerto Rico Leeward Is.
Native distribution of Stenocereus heptagonus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cuba CUB SOUTHERN AMERICA
Dominican Republic DOM
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 26 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cactus fimbriatus Lam.
  • Cactus fimbriatus (Lam.) Descourt.
  • Cactus heptagonus L.
  • Cactus hystrix Haw.
  • Cactus hystrix Salm-Dyck
  • Cephalocereus swartzii (Griseb.) Britton & Rose
  • Cereus fimbriatus (Lam.) DC.
  • Cereus grandispinus Haw.
  • Cereus heptagonus (L.) Mill.
  • Cereus hystrix (Haw.) Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus olivaceus Lem.
  • Cereus swartzii Griseb.
  • Echinocactus hystrix Haw.
  • Griseocactus fimbriatus (Lam.) Guiggi
  • Griseocereus fimbriatus (Lam.) Guiggi
  • Harrisia fimbriata (Lam.) F.M.Knuth
  • Lemaireocereus hystrix (Haw.) Britton & Rose
  • Neogriseocereus fimbriatus (Lam.) Guiggi
  • Pilocereus fimbriatus Lem.
  • Pilocereus grandispinus (Haw.) Lem.
  • Pilosocereus swartzii (Griseb.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Rathbunia fimbriata (Lam.) P.V.Heath
  • Ritterocereus fimbriatus (Lam.) Backeb.
  • Ritterocereus hystrix (Haw.) Backeb.

and 2 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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